Parrot jewelry in the form of pendants and earrings, but designed in a different way, was a goal of mine when I first moved to Key West, Florida forty three years ago.

Here I saw my first wild parrots, a small, raucous species that would land as a flock in the frangipani tree outside my bedroom window and raise an early-morning ruckus that would put a fence-full of roosters to shame. The little parrots were too young to cuss, but plenty of others could as they rode around town on the shoulders of the local pirates.

I grew up with parrots, and watching these charming little ones, some of which would hang upside down by one foot, brought back many special memories.

My grandmother had a parrot that could perfectly imitate the ring of a telephone (this was back when telephones actually rung) and almost drove my grandmother crazy by making her run back in the house from way in the back of the garden to answer the "phone". Which was cackling in its cage. It's a wonder the parrot didn't end up in the stew pot.

My father's parrot, Butch, also used to hang upside down by one foot from his perch with a sweet, coy, come-pet-me look on his face that was, in reality, an invitation to help itself to a finger sandwich. Yours.

Thus, the design:
Parrot Swinging Upside Down.